<rss version="2.0" xmlns:ynewsrss="http://news.yahoo.com/rss.html"><channel><title><![CDATA[San Francisco Commercial Real Estate News From CoStar Group]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/]]></link><description><![CDATA[CoStar Group, Inc. is the leading provider of information services to commercial real estate property investors and sales professionals in the United States and United Kingdom. CoStar's suite of services offers access to the most comprehensive database of commercial real estate information and commercial property listings available in its markets.]]></description><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><category domain="Yahoo"><![CDATA[Business/Real_Estate_and_Housing]]></category><ttl>15</ttl><image><title><![CDATA[CoStar Group, Inc.]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/]]></link><url><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/SharedFiles/Common/images/logos/CoStarGroup112.gif]]></url></image><item><title><![CDATA[CoStar's People of Note (May 12 - 18)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/CoStars-People-of-Note-May-12-18/148651?ref=/News/Article/CoStars-People-of-Note-May-12-18/148651&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Detroit, Charlotte, Phoenix, New York, Charleston, South Florida, and San Diego.
 
DETROIT
Farbman Group Promotes Gutman, Kalil 
By Tim Heise

Farbman Group, a Southfield, MI-based, full-service real estate solutions company, has promoted CFO Andrew Gutman to president of the company. Gutman joined Farbman Group more than 18 years ago. He has worked in several areas of ]]></description><author><![CDATA[Justin Sumner <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 09:02:42 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Office Towers Rising Again In New York, San Francisco ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Office-Towers-Rising-Again-In-New-York-San-Francisco/148523?ref=/News/Article/Office-Towers-Rising-Again-In-New-York-San-Francisco/148523&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[The recent emotion-filled topping off of One World Trade Center with a 408-foot silver spire provided a visceral reminder for New Yorkers and others around the world of the pending rebirth of the iconic building in 2014. 

1 WTC, under development by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on behalf of the Durst Organization, is now a symbolic 1,776 feet tall, preleased to tenants such as the U.S. General Services Administration, Conde Nast...]]></description><author><![CDATA[Randyl Drummer <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 10:09:04 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CoStar's People of Note (May 5 - 11)]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/CoStars-People-of-Note-May-5-11/148478?ref=/News/Article/CoStars-People-of-Note-May-5-11/148478&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Washington DC, New Jersey, Chicago, New York, and Indianapolis.
 
LOS ANGELES
Diaz Returns to Cushman & Wakefield 
By Allison Smith

Lalo Diaz has returned to Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. as a market leader for the Downtown Los Angeles market. In his new role Diaz will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day activities, recruitment goals, an]]></description><author><![CDATA[Justin Sumner <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 08:11:27 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jones Lang LaSalle Names New Head of Construction ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Jones-Lang-LaSalle-Names-New-Head-of-Construction/148477?ref=/News/Article/Jones-Lang-LaSalle-Names-New-Head-of-Construction/148477&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed 25-year industry veteran P.J. Cosgrove as head of the firm's construction group in Northern California.

JLL promoted Cosgrove, who joined the company in 2011, to managing director.  In his new role, Cosgrove will lead the 11-person Northern California team which provides construction management, general contracting and design/build services for interior build outs and similar scale projects throughout the West Coast...]]></description><author><![CDATA[John Gideon <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 04:28:33 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kennedy Wilson Pays $22M for Redwood City Buildings
]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Kennedy-Wilson-Pays-$22M-for-Redwood-City-Buildings/148451?ref=/News/Article/Kennedy-Wilson-Pays-$22M-for-Redwood-City-Buildings/148451&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joint venture of Angelo, Gordon & Co. & Premia Capital sold The Pointe at Redwood Shores office complex to Kennedy Wilson Commercial Investments Group for $22 million, or about $247 per square foot.  
The buildings at 1201 and 1235 Radio Road in Redwood City, CA, totaling 89,895 square feet were built in 2000 and 2001 and renovated last year. The buildings are about 80% leased to five tenants, including anchor tenant AB Sciex.
David Karol and...]]></description><author><![CDATA[Michelle Reilly <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 12:59:19 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hayes Valley Condo Project Breaks Ground]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Hayes-Valley-Condo-Project-Breaks-Ground/148404?ref=/News/Article/Hayes-Valley-Condo-Project-Breaks-Ground/148404&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[DM Development Partners, LLC and New York-based DDG have begun construction on 8 Octavia, a 47-unit condominium project at Octavia and Market streets.

After stops and starts due to the recession, Octavia Street at the foot of Market Street has resumed a transformation that began when the earthquake-damaged Central Freeway was torn down in 2002.  

"8 Octavia is another vital cornerstone of the Market-Octavia plan, and will be an integral asset...]]></description><author><![CDATA[Randyl Drummer <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 09:59:10 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facility Closures & Downsizings: Job Cuts Plunge to Four-Month Low, But Not "Picture" Perfect"]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Facility-Closures-Downsizings-Job-Cuts-Plunge-to-Four-Month-Low-But-Not-Picture-Perfect/148376?ref=/News/Article/Facility-Closures-Downsizings-Job-Cuts-Plunge-to-Four-Month-Low-But-Not-Picture-Perfect/148376&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[Job cuts fell to their lowest level since December 2012, as U.S. employers announced plans to trim payrolls by just 38,121 in April, according to the latest report on downsizing activity from global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.

April job cuts were 23% lower than March, when announced layoffs totaled 49,255. They were 6% lower than the 40,559 planned job cuts announced in April 2012. April represents the lowest job...]]></description><author><![CDATA[Mark Heschmeyer <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 07:17:23 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skolnik Joins Avison Young]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Skolnik-Joins-Avison-Young/147428?ref=/News/Article/Skolnik-Joins-Avison-Young/147428&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ashley Skolnik has joined the San Francisco office of Avison Young, where she will specialize in both tenant and landlord representation. 

Skolnik started working in <a href="http://www.showcase.com/" target="_blank">commercial real estate</a> in 2010 with Jones Lang LaSalle, most recently holding a position at Cassidy Turley.  She is a native to San Francisco and has worked with a diverse field of clients ranging from insurance, non-profit, and bio-tech tenants to landlords spread across the city...]]></description><author><![CDATA[John Gideon <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 09:01:02 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sutton Cho Joins Thompson Dorfman Ptnrs as VP of Development]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Sutton-Cho-Joins-Thompson-Dorfman-Ptnrs-as-VP-of-Development/148165?ref=/News/Article/Sutton-Cho-Joins-Thompson-Dorfman-Ptnrs-as-VP-of-Development/148165&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thompson Dorfman Partners LLC, a professional developer, owner and manager of multifamily real estate, has hired industry veteran Gillian Sutton Cho to the position of vice president of development.

In her new role, Cho is responsible for managing project specific acquisition and entitlement activities.  One of her projects includes a 100,000-square-foot, mixed-use urban infill development in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco...]]></description><author><![CDATA[Noel Bigay <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 08:15:36 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust Pays $3.1M for Kentfield Multifamily]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Trust-Pays-$31M-for-Kentfield-Multifamily/147959?ref=/News/Article/Trust-Pays-$31M-for-Kentfield-Multifamily/147959&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[A trust acquired the 14-unit multifamily building at 944 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. in Kentfield, CA from another trust for $3.05 million, or about $218,000 per unit.  

The property is located on approximately half an acre in Marin County.  The building was delivered in 1968 and totals 7,700 square feet.  The 14 one-bedroom apartments have asking rents between $1,175 and $1,325 per month.

Erich Reichenbach, James Devincenti, and Bradley Lagomarsino...]]></description><author><![CDATA[Noel Bigay <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 May 2013 04:13:03 GMT]]></pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CoStar Watch List Newsletter for May 9 - May 19]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.costar.com/News/Article/The-CoStar-Watch-List-Newsletter-for-May-9-May-19/148410?ref=/News/Article/The-CoStar-Watch-List-Newsletter-for-May-9-May-19/148410&src=rss]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Week’s Top Stories

Multifamily GSE Lending Reform: Potentially Disruptive and Inherently Valueless
"Borrowers would face higher borrowing costs and more variability in the price and availability of credit, with the greatest adverse impact likely to fall on low- and moderate-income families and renters in underserved markets. Some borrowers could lose access to credit altogether."

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Receiver Sets Liquidation Plan...]]></description><author><![CDATA[Mark Heschmeyer <news@costar.com>]]></author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 08 May 2013 07:16:13 GMT]]></pubDate></item></channel></rss>